Month: April 2017

Fierce Feet By Tweet, owned by Alisa Alston, had its ribbon cutting ceremony this morning, Thursday April 27th at 10am, with the celebration occurring through the afternoon with a free BBQ Chicken plate for anyone who would like one. The shop offers a variety of in trend, casual and formal shoes and accessories, including clothing and handbags. Hours of operation are 9am-6pm, Monday – Saturday and Sunday, 1pm-6pm. The shop is located at 133 S. Garnett Street, in historic Downtown Henderson …

A total of 17 juniors, who make up the top 10 percent of their class this year at Southern Vance High School, have been selected as graduation marshals for the Class of 2017. The top juniors were honored today at a reception held at the school and attended by their parents and school officials. Those students selected as Southern Vance graduation marshals include: Kailee Ball, Itzy Chavarin, Cody Edwards, Adriana Evans, Cynthia Hernandez, Walter Hernandez, Perla Lopez, Brandon Loyd, Crystal …

Beginning in mid-May state testing will begin in Vance County Schools. N.C. End-of-Course and N.C. Final Exams will be administered to students at the Vance County Early College High School May 16-19 and May 22-25. At the Early College, May 16 and May 17 testing will include Math II, Math III and district testing. May 18 will include testing for seniors and will involve exams that have constructive responses. On May 19, students will take their first-period exams for the …

Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) is spending the district work period focusing on his “Jobs and Justice” agenda in the First Congressional District. Butterfield’s agenda aims to promote job growth, economic development, access to healthcare, and education for residents in the First District. During his stops, Butterfield will highlight President Donald Trump’s proposed budget cuts and the negative impact they could have on eastern North Carolina. Butterfield kicked off his work period last Tuesday with his “Forward Together” community discussion …

For years we’ve been warning you about phony IRS agents who call, trying to convince you that you owe back taxes. To help you spot these scammers, we told you that the IRS won’t contact you by phone. But starting this month, Congress is requiring the IRS to hire private debt collectors. Four legitimate debt collection companies will be contacting taxpayers by phone. So how can you tell if the person on the phone is an IRS scammer, or someone …

The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold two informal public meetings next week regarding the I-85 improvements project underway in Vance and Warren counties. For more than 20 miles between U.S. 158 (milepost 213.5) in Vance County and the Virginia state line, contractor crews are repairing the deteriorating road surface, replacing bridges on the interstate and improving bridges over the interstate. That includes raising the clearance on several of those bridges to create safer conditions for tractor trailers traveling underneath …

Campaign Runs April 15-29 RALEIGH – Groups of volunteers from across North Carolina are donning safety vests and gloves as they prepare for some spring cleaning – outside. The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Adopt-A-Highway program kicks off its Spring Litter Sweep on April 15. It’s not too late to sign up for the upcoming cleanup drive. Interested groups can contact the Litter Sweep Hotline at 1-800-331-5864 or visit the website for more information. Volunteers from local businesses, schools, non-profits and …

Scammers are using the threat of arrest warrants to pressure people into forking over hundreds, sometimes thousands, of dollars. Today the Henderson Police Department was contacted by a citizen who stated that she was threatened that if she didn’t pay $6000 to the IRS that she would be arrested. The call came from a Texas number. The caller wanted the potential victim’s debit card information. She refused and hung up the phone. The caller called back manipulating caller ID to …

VCRFM 2017 Sales Season Begins April 22 The Vance County Regional Farmers Market will begin its 2017 sales season Saturday, April 22. The Spring Fling Market will be open to the public from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. It will feature numerous craft vendors, bedding plants for the garden including vegetables, herbs, flowers, and shrubs and locally grown spring produce. There will also be baked goods, canned goods and pasture raised beef for sale. Knowledgeable farmers and nursery vendors will …

Joined by an excited group of kindergartners who had just enjoyed a special story time in the East Garner Elementary School media center, NC Superintendent Mark Johnson today announced the state’s NC Reads initiative. The launch of NC Reads will promote three goals for the summer of 2017 to combat the summer brain drain: * collect books, and funds for books, to donate to preschoolers and students for summer reading; * distribute free subscriptions for every student in K-5 to …

The Vance County Appearance Commission is joining with officials from Vance County and the City of Henderson again this year to sponsor the Henderson-Vance Spring Litter Sweep Week, April 24-29, and the Recycling Day Event on Saturday, April 29, at the City Operations Center on Beckford Drive in Henderson. Citizens throughout Vance County are urged to make special efforts to clean up around their homes, businesses, churches, schools and any blighted areas they know about during the Spring Litter Sweep …

A new Tuesday morning painting class will begin at Vance-Granville Community College’s Main Campus on April 25, with a new instructor: artist Stephen Filarsky of Franklinton. “Watercolor & Drawing” is scheduled for Tuesdays from 9:15 a.m. until 12:15 p.m., April 25 through July 18, in room 5223 (Building 5). Filarsky has painted watercolor portraits and landscapes professionally for 25 years but has been an artist since he was in high school. In college, he said he “studied Architectural Engineering and …

Vance-Granville Community College will offer a Science Camp for local middle school students this summer at the college’s Main Campus in Vance County. The camp will be held Monday-Friday, June 12-16, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Rising sixth, seventh and eighth-graders from Franklin, Granville, Vance and Warren counties are invited to participate in the week-long camp. Sessions will be taught by faculty members from the VGCC Science Department and other college programs. The VGCC Science Camp is …

The Glen Raven, Inc., site in Norlina recently became the third area manufacturer to join Vance-Granville Community College in the North Carolina Triangle Apprenticeship Program (NCTAP), a partnership that seeks to provide new opportunities for local students and to prepare a skilled workforce. Representatives of VGCC and of the two other local NCTAP members, Oxford-based Dill Air Controls Products and Revlon, recently visited Glen Raven’s Warren County location to discuss the partnership with Robbie Earnhardt, owner of Wake Forest-based Superior …